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* Getting rid of all the monsters required writing a single Goosebumps book that would capture them all. R.L. Stine may be writing incredibly fast (writing an entire book in a few hours?), but he had all the inspiration he needed - he wrote the adventure he just went through. Of course, it helps that this adventure contained multiple moments of quick scares similar to the endings of chapters in regular Goosebumps books! "Something grabbed Hannah? No, wait, it's a statue" is only one such example.

** It could also refer to how villains, no matter how scary, in media for children, rarely use their abilities to their fullest, in order to keep the story suitable for the audience. Free from these restraints, the many, many Goosebumps monsters are a lot more dangerous.

** Alternately, it could also be because they're based on Stine's original manuscripts, filled with whatever raw emotions he was feeling at the time. He likely toned the stories down in order to get them published; he does admit one of his motivators is money, after all.* For that matter, why do some of the monsters seem more powerful? Because they have a new commander. Stine either didn't consider the full potential of their powers, or perhaps simply wasn't comfortable with writing it. Slappy doesn't hold himself back at all and has clearly spent a lot of time thinking up ways to destroy things.

* In ''How To Kill A Monster'', the reveal of the monster being allergic to humans sounds incredibly stupid, but stopping to think about it adds a layer of ironic horror to the situation. Right before he dies, the beast [[SuddenlyVoiced voices his surprise that they're human]], implying he could be reasoned with. It's likely he was only attacking them because he thought they were his captors and [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot had the kids explained the situation to him, he would've left the house and they'd be safe.]] Instead, they follow their ''idiot'' grandparents' advice to kill the monster, and it makes things worse.

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* In ''How To Kill A Monster'', the reveal of the monster being allergic to humans sounds incredibly stupid, but stopping to think about it adds a layer of ironic horror to the situation. Right before he dies, the beast [[SuddenlyVoiced voices his surprise that they're human]], implying he could be reasoned with. It's likely he was only attacking them because he thought they were his captors and [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot had the kids explained the situation to him, he would've left the house and they'd be safe.]] safe. Instead, they follow their ''idiot'' grandparents' advice to kill the monster, and it makes things worse.

* If all the monsters were released from their books, why isn't The Masked Mutant visible in the large group-shot of them. Simple: Apart from his VoluntaryShapeshifting, he has no other abilities. He was likely disguised as one of the other monsters, as this would have made him more useful to Slappy.

*** [[RuleOfThree Another alternative]] is that the Goosebumps Book of the film has less power than the other Goosebumps manuscripts because ''Zach'' finished it, and not Stine. Stine implies that it isn't "just" him that can produce living monsters: Zach finishing the book might have weakened its DeusExMachina abilities to merely a strong vacuum, rather than an InstantWinCondition.

** Questionable. Stine said it had to be a true Goosebumps story, so he couldn't cop-out on the narrative. Until the end the Invisible Boy did nothing important. Hannah was fundamental to the narrative.

* [[spoiler:Hannah]] goes back into the book along with the other monsters due to [[spoiler:being a creation in the book, even though R.L. treated her like a daughter.]] However, R.L. did not have to do this, since he was shown listing each monster by name, and at the end, it turns out that [[spoiler: Stein forgot to include The Invisible Boy]], so he could have just left her out of the list of names.

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** [[spoiler: Chemistry class chemicals]], and YouTube, obviously.* [[spoiler:Hannah]] goes back into the book along with the other monsters due to [[spoiler:being a creation in the book, even though R.L. treated her like a daughter.]] However, R.L. did not have to do this, since he was shown listing each monster by name, and at the end, it turns out that [[spoiler: Stein Stine forgot to include The Invisible Boy]], so he could have just left her out of the list of names.

* [[spoiler:Hannah]] goes back into the book along with the other monsters due to [[spoiler:being a creation in the book, even though R.L. treated her like a daughter.]] However, R.L. did not have to do this, since he was shown listing each monster by name, and at the end, it turns out that [[spoiler: Stein forgot to include The Invisible Boy]], so he could have just left her out of the list of names.

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